1.   He picked up the flower and held it to the light, a cluster of faded crimson petals with attenuated stalks.

2.   Denuded heads on pale green drooping stems hung like mourners at a graveside over the ring of faded scarlet petals that lay on the painted wood.

3.   She gathered the faded petals together with cupped hands, lifted a couple between her fingers and then let them fall.

4.   Benjamin smiled and spilled the faded white rose petals which fell soft as snowflakes to the floor.

5.   Alsace Gewurztraminer is heady with the scent of lychees, grapefruit rind and faded rose petals.